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boehner went on to say he believed the obama administration's goal is to regain control of the house during mid-term elections. the speech was given at a private luncheon sponsored by the ripon society and was closed to reporters. boehner said president obama's inaugural address made it clear his visions for a second term can't be achieved. as long as the house is controlled by republicans. one day after president obama's inauguration house speaker john boehner gave a speech at a private g-o-p luncheon and had a warning for fellow republicans. boehner went on to say he believed the obama administration's goal is to regain control of the house during mid-term elections. the speech was given at a private luncheon sponsored by the ripon society and was closed to reporters. boehner said president obama's inaugural address made it clear his visions for a second term can't be achieved. as long as the house is controlled by republicans. the new policy will be implemented over the next three years. the national transportation safety board will have adopted this afternoon in efforts to find o
boehner went on to say he believed the obama administration's goal is to regain control of the house during mid-term elections. the speech was given at a private luncheon sponsored by the ripon society and was closed to reporters. boehner said president obama's inaugural address made it clear his visions for a second term can't be achieved. as long as the house is controlled by republicans. one day after president obama's inauguration house speaker john boehner gave a speech at a private g-o-p...
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there's a new debt ceiling plan from speaker john boehner and the house republicans that could force senate democrats to finally show their hand and pass a budget. plus it's only day four of president obama's second term, but joe biden is already commenting on possibly running for the top job himself in 2016. we'll show you what he said in a minute. first the new developments in the debate over guns in america. the national rifle association last night delivered a sharp response to president obama's inaugural address. speaking in reno, nevada, way waywayn wayne lapierre lashed out at one word from president obama. >> we cannot mistake absolutism, or treat name calling as reasoned debate. >> obama wants to turn the idea of absolutism into a dirty word, just another word for extremism. he wants you, all of you, and americans throughout all of this country, to accept the idea of principles as he sees fit. it's a way of redefining words so that commonsense is turned upside down and that nobody knows the difference. >> lapierre vowed not to give ground on gun control including efforts to
there's a new debt ceiling plan from speaker john boehner and the house republicans that could force senate democrats to finally show their hand and pass a budget. plus it's only day four of president obama's second term, but joe biden is already commenting on possibly running for the top job himself in 2016. we'll show you what he said in a minute. first the new developments in the debate over guns in america. the national rifle association last night delivered a sharp response to president...
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i don't know what got into boehner today. he's too pessimistic. >> i think he's a realist. he famously told harry reid to go and do something that we can't say on the air during the fiscal cliff talks. so, no, the speaker is in high spirits and heeps got a -- he's got a lot more support today -- >> where is this annihilation talk today? >> larry, usually when you no longer have the prospect of a reelection, you become less partisan. he's just trying to nullify his base and check the boxes of those who helped him cross the finish line pip would say it's not the obama people thought they were getting in 2012. >> you see, i think if the republicans hang tough, and i mean tough, tough, tough, tough on this spending sequester, tough, just let it happen, it's the opposite of the tax bill, right? the taxes expired if you did nothing. the spending is cut in you do nothing. i say gop adheres to that and rips the democratic party into multiple pieces. you all democrats cannot take the reduction in social spending. come on, acknowledge that. you won't be able to do it. republicans hav
i don't know what got into boehner today. he's too pessimistic. >> i think he's a realist. he famously told harry reid to go and do something that we can't say on the air during the fiscal cliff talks. so, no, the speaker is in high spirits and heeps got a -- he's got a lot more support today -- >> where is this annihilation talk today? >> larry, usually when you no longer have the prospect of a reelection, you become less partisan. he's just trying to nullify his base and...
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john boehner liked that. i guess paul ryan liked that. i'm not sure what harry reid thought about that, but the rules committee thought it was ok. but the fact of the matter is that bill was written while the rules committee was in session. there are 13 of us on rules committee. we love the enormous power that we got. but i don't believe any of us ever suspected that the rules committee was going to supersede all of the committees in the house of representatives. there's been no committee action on any of this. in addition, i want to make the point again in spite of what we tried to do, we said nobody's talked about this. there's been no discussion on this. let's have an open rule. let's let not just the people on our side but the people on the republican side who had no input here as well, let's open it up and have a real debate and see what's going on here. what is going on here? what's going on here, as my colleague points out, is a circus of dubious constitutional validity, frankly. some people may say it's ok what they're doing. othe
john boehner liked that. i guess paul ryan liked that. i'm not sure what harry reid thought about that, but the rules committee thought it was ok. but the fact of the matter is that bill was written while the rules committee was in session. there are 13 of us on rules committee. we love the enormous power that we got. but i don't believe any of us ever suspected that the rules committee was going to supersede all of the committees in the house of representatives. there's been no committee...
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boehner says "the it says here should e no e, - long term increase in the debt term plan to deal with the fiscal crrsis that faces or countrr" house no budget o pay ill as &prepubliian attempt to ransom member salaries unttl the gop can streegthennits barggining looming lattr in the year. van hollen says thissis a political effort simply to incrrase their negotiating strategy, leverage, threee months from ow at the expeese offjobs and the economy." unworthy of the fiscal and ecooomiccchallenges that we face. ittdoes not have certainny it doesn't have growth and it doesn't have my support" 33 hoose conservatives broke rrnks with gop leaders & voted against the bill as nsufficiently democraas voted or it afttr indicated ttice it would not object to the easure because it -- quott liffs theeimmeeiate threat of congressional republicaan have backed oof an insiittnce on holding the nation's economy hostage carney sayy "the house republicans made a decision to back away frrm the kind of brinksmanship that waas mmrkkts, very concernnng to business, very ccncerninggto the
boehner says "the it says here should e no e, - long term increase in the debt term plan to deal with the fiscal crrsis that faces or countrr" house no budget o pay ill as &prepubliian attempt to ransom member salaries unttl the gop can streegthennits barggining looming lattr in the year. van hollen says thissis a political effort simply to incrrase their negotiating strategy, leverage, threee months from ow at the expeese offjobs and the economy." unworthy of the fiscal and...
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> jennifer: it's going to be really tough in the house and the question will be whether or not john boehner will be able to put up the vote. he has done it in the past, so he might be able to do that and take one for the team nationally. i think it's going to--as this plays out the republican presidential primary 2016 will i think lay bear a lot of these very more uglyier elements of the republican party. again it will surface and again it will be a problem for them if they button this right away. a buzzfeed posted a memo from a moderate republican group and it advised the republicans how to talk about immigration, and it includes the following advice. do use undocumented immigrant when referring to those here without documentation. but don't use the word illegals or aliens, and don't use the term anchor baby. what do you think the republicans' learning curve on communicating reform is going to be? >> good luck with that. maybe if frank lunce was telling them, i don't know this will be interesting to keep tabs, to see how many go along with it. and maybe they'll call democratic party rather
> jennifer: it's going to be really tough in the house and the question will be whether or not john boehner will be able to put up the vote. he has done it in the past, so he might be able to do that and take one for the team nationally. i think it's going to--as this plays out the republican presidential primary 2016 will i think lay bear a lot of these very more uglyier elements of the republican party. again it will surface and again it will be a problem for them if they button this right...
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louie, you oppose john boehner for speaker. >> i like the man and-- >> i supported him. marsha, you supported him, but you're also a conservative. i said on this program friday night that unless and until house republicans totally, completely unite as one team, you will have no power. you will have the power if the-- if the republican caucus gets in a room and unites in a strategy for obama. i think the country needs- your am i right? >> i don't think it hurts to have disagreement within the republican caucus. you know, they've talked about how much money ronald reagan raised for the heritage foundation, even when the heritage foundation was taking shots for it not being conservative enough. and ed says, you know, president reagan says, look, i need you on my right, fussing at me, so when i negotiate with tip o'neill-- >>, but if the republicans in the house are not united and i would argue on conservative principles, obama's going to win and the only way you have power if you're together. is that-- >> that's true. >> i think that you're right there. the number one issue
louie, you oppose john boehner for speaker. >> i like the man and-- >> i supported him. marsha, you supported him, but you're also a conservative. i said on this program friday night that unless and until house republicans totally, completely unite as one team, you will have no power. you will have the power if the-- if the republican caucus gets in a room and unites in a strategy for obama. i think the country needs- your am i right? >> i don't think it hurts to have...
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i thought this was a good day for john boehner who has had a lot of bad days in leading the house. this was a crase where they had a retreat last weekend. people who were there said it was a very som bell retreat and they agreed to back the speaker. that wouldn't seem remarkable except in the past sometimes they have not been willing to do that. >> ifill: here's i guess the big question, when they say they want to reach across the aisle, when they say they want to talk to democrats, they want to engage, is that real? and is it even necessary? >> well, i think-- i think they want to engage as a way-- as part of the process of achieving their ends. you know, this day andig, everybody says "let's sit and talk." at the end of the day, wield talk and you agree with me and move on to the next subject and you can agree with me as well. that's the way both parties operate. i think the democrats did it much better the last year. the democrats will got a lot of mileage about attacking the republicans for not compromising, and yet most members of the congress, democratic members, seem willing
i thought this was a good day for john boehner who has had a lot of bad days in leading the house. this was a crase where they had a retreat last weekend. people who were there said it was a very som bell retreat and they agreed to back the speaker. that wouldn't seem remarkable except in the past sometimes they have not been willing to do that. >> ifill: here's i guess the big question, when they say they want to reach across the aisle, when they say they want to talk to democrats, they...
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what does speaker boehner have to do to get things through this house gop conference for these next two -- it's a very difficult thing. >> it is. he still hasn't proven that he can. frankly even this debt deal that he did lost three republican members. you can't do that and pass a budget because most likely he's only going to be able to pass it to start with, with republicans. so he has a tough job because he hasn't proven he can yet. this is a very diverse conference. more diverse than people think on the issues, number one. number two, they don't know each other yet. we were talking about this in the green room. 40% of the congress are within the last two years. they've just come in. they don't even know each other in the same party. >> sequestered not in the -- like in a jury. locked in a room. >> locked in a room. get to know one another. >> i think boehner may have made a strategic error when he promised conservatives that paul ryan would pass a budget that would balance, in ten years -- ten years. paul ryan's last budget didn't balance until 2014. >> it's tougher than it sounds. >
what does speaker boehner have to do to get things through this house gop conference for these next two -- it's a very difficult thing. >> it is. he still hasn't proven that he can. frankly even this debt deal that he did lost three republican members. you can't do that and pass a budget because most likely he's only going to be able to pass it to start with, with republicans. so he has a tough job because he hasn't proven he can yet. this is a very diverse conference. more diverse than...
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house speaker john boehner indicated he would allow the senate version of immigration reform to come up for a vote in the house if it passes the senate; how far, this bill has several stop gaps built into it and would not allow the citizenship to go forward until the goals of border security are first met. >>> a jury now deciding the fate of a former police officer accused of murder. daniel harmon wright is charged with killing patricia cook last february. the officer was responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle. harmon testified he shot the 54- year-old after she trapped his arm in the window of her vehicle and dragged him. >>> also following a news alert involving a murder suspect minutes away from being released before a judge overturned his appeal. a federal appeals court in richmond heard the case today. the attorney general's office appealed the federal judge's decision to free wolf. the judge said prosecutors failed to retry wolf within a four-month deadline and tossed the conviction. they will spend more than a decade on death row for the hire of his drug supplier. >>>
house speaker john boehner indicated he would allow the senate version of immigration reform to come up for a vote in the house if it passes the senate; how far, this bill has several stop gaps built into it and would not allow the citizenship to go forward until the goals of border security are first met. >>> a jury now deciding the fate of a former police officer accused of murder. daniel harmon wright is charged with killing patricia cook last february. the officer was responding to...
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>> i think it is disappointing john boehner would go to the extreme talking points. he has not always been an extreme guy. he has been in the house for a long time. look to president obama, look actually at his record. when we moved into the sequester fight in early december, the first thing out of president obama's mouth he would look at any good idea regardless who it came from. he has consistent history of trying to work across the aisle. bill: does he now? bipartisan? >> the ideas that he a lick tated in the inauguration speech, those are american values. these are not traditionally democratic values. republicans used to be able to talk about these issues. it is really the republican party that has left the center, that has left america. bill: you can't see her but monica is smiling at you, emily. i will come back to you in a moment here. but overall, the theme you're picking up on now is that if you can delay the big, big, decisions facing america and government, monica, you can put all your cards on the table for a midterm election, if you take control of the h
>> i think it is disappointing john boehner would go to the extreme talking points. he has not always been an extreme guy. he has been in the house for a long time. look to president obama, look actually at his record. when we moved into the sequester fight in early december, the first thing out of president obama's mouth he would look at any good idea regardless who it came from. he has consistent history of trying to work across the aisle. bill: does he now? bipartisan? >> the...
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he voted with john boehner on the fiscal cliff negotiation indicating that maybe he is in the conciliatory wing of the republican party. how do you figure? >> well, paul ryan was there. i was at that conference this morning. one of the best things, one of the most cheered up, the attendees the most was seeing one young star after another, ted cruz, the new republican senator from texas, tom cotton, congressman from arkansas and there are a lot of young, attractive, interesting conservatives and they don't agree on everything. i think there is a lot of internal debate going on -- i know there is a lot of internal debate and public debate at the conference. what do have you to compromise on? where do you have to drought lines and fight? i thought it was healthy. they are not in the fetal position, could youering or lashing out. they are trying to think about how to fight president obama, where to compromise, and hoto develop their own positive governing agenda, going forward. >> >> geraldo: president obama will be appearing with hillary clinton tomorrow on "60 minutes." >> a few years ago, i
he voted with john boehner on the fiscal cliff negotiation indicating that maybe he is in the conciliatory wing of the republican party. how do you figure? >> well, paul ryan was there. i was at that conference this morning. one of the best things, one of the most cheered up, the attendees the most was seeing one young star after another, ted cruz, the new republican senator from texas, tom cotton, congressman from arkansas and there are a lot of young, attractive, interesting...
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. >> house speaker john boehner recently told "the wall street journal" that the sequester, quote, is as much leverage as we're going to get. but does the gop actually stand to lose more than it gains? i'm joined by "washington post" columnist, and msnbc policy analyst, ezra klein, who has written about this. good morning, ezra. >> good morning. >> in one of your columns, you wrote that republicans are wrong to think that the sequester gives them leverage. what's your reasoning? >> it's just become a somewhat bizarre conversation. look, you have to go back. the sequester, it's a very weird, kind of boring word. it comes out of the debt ceiling deal in 2011 and it was the backup to the supercommittee. and way it was designed, it was originally supposed to be half taxes and half spending cuts. so both sides would be terrified of letting it happen, and because they were so terrified of letting it happen, they would come to a deal. the point of the sequester was to get the two sides to a deal. but republicans wouldn't allow tax increases, even in the sequester. and so they made this weird
. >> house speaker john boehner recently told "the wall street journal" that the sequester, quote, is as much leverage as we're going to get. but does the gop actually stand to lose more than it gains? i'm joined by "washington post" columnist, and msnbc policy analyst, ezra klein, who has written about this. good morning, ezra. >> good morning. >> in one of your columns, you wrote that republicans are wrong to think that the sequester gives them leverage....
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john boehner is correct that democrats are trying to destroy the republican party. they do not have to destroy it because they are destroying it themselves. there are the most radical group of people i have ever seen in my life. blaming hillary clinton is -- wow. think about what bush did and how many lives were lost in iraq and they are still being lost -- i'm a retired marine after 20 years service. it's a game. it's the same. thank you for taking my call. host: the last call from brooklyn, connecticut. caller: i was extremely disappointed in mrs. clinton and the questionnaires. they really need to read machiavelli and quit arguing amongst themselves. i do not know what she meant by she takes responsibility. back in the clinton administration they did not take responsibility for all the women and children killed and texas. government officials grandstanding, claiming they did not know this and they did not know that. it is their job to know that. nobody is ever held accountable. i think that is what a lot of people are becoming upset about. is not about democrats
john boehner is correct that democrats are trying to destroy the republican party. they do not have to destroy it because they are destroying it themselves. there are the most radical group of people i have ever seen in my life. blaming hillary clinton is -- wow. think about what bush did and how many lives were lost in iraq and they are still being lost -- i'm a retired marine after 20 years service. it's a game. it's the same. thank you for taking my call. host: the last call from brooklyn,...
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speaker of the house john boehner presented flags to the first family and appealed for renewed political cooperation. >> we gather in the old hall to better hear one another >> ifill: moments later president obama echoed that appeal for cooperation >> i recognize that democracy is not always easy. and i recognize there are profound differences in this room. but i just want to say thank you for your service and i want to thank your families for their service because regardless of our political persuasions and perspectives i know that all of us serve because we believe that we can make america for future generations. and i'm confident that we can act at this moment in a way that makes a difference. >> ifill: and before they left the building, the group paused to look at the bus bust of dr. martin luther king, jr. that sits under the capital rotunda. then back into the cold for a military review on the steps of the capitol. and the slow drive down pennsylvania avenue to the white house. the one-mile parade route was packed with waving and cheering onlookers, some of them peering down from r
speaker of the house john boehner presented flags to the first family and appealed for renewed political cooperation. >> we gather in the old hall to better hear one another >> ifill: moments later president obama echoed that appeal for cooperation >> i recognize that democracy is not always easy. and i recognize there are profound differences in this room. but i just want to say thank you for your service and i want to thank your families for their service because regardless...
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first he was very hard to reach a deal with john boehner and then if he did, boehner was having trouble controlling the right wing of his party. so he's been much more combative and confrontational and i think you'll see much more of him going on the road trying to go above the heads of members of congress, appeal to the public and try to get them to put pressure on their representatives. >> it will be interesting to see how both sides react to all this. we'll see you guys for fox news sunday at 9 a.m. on fox 5. >>> from the inauguration to the super bowl beyonce reuniting with her destiny's child bandmates for the super bowl halftime show. she's expected to perform her hit crazy in love and then be joined by kelly rawlings. >>> coming up next we're checking out a new kind of gym. there's one requirement. you have to be at least 50 pounds overweight to join. >> at 11:00 thousands of crock dimes on the loose after a reptile -- crocodiles on the loose after a reptile farm is destroyed. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innova
first he was very hard to reach a deal with john boehner and then if he did, boehner was having trouble controlling the right wing of his party. so he's been much more combative and confrontational and i think you'll see much more of him going on the road trying to go above the heads of members of congress, appeal to the public and try to get them to put pressure on their representatives. >> it will be interesting to see how both sides react to all this. we'll see you guys for fox news...
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looks like she didn't like the conversation much going on or coming at her from boehner. >>> up next, republicans have figured out they can't win presidential elections fair and square, so now they want to change the rules. they want to cheat a little. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. back to "hardball." ♪ >>> welcome back to "hardball." just when you thought the efforts by some republicans to suppress the vote couldn't sink any lower, wait until you hear -- get a load actually of what they have in store for 2016 in several states. republicans are floating proposals that would change the rules of how electoral votes are allocated making it easier for them to win. here is how it would work. right now in all but two states the winner of a state's popular vote gets all of its electoral votes. republicans want to change that but only in certain states so the votes would be divided up by congressional districts and awarded proportionally. efforts are being considered, for example, in pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, virginia, and ohio. what do these states have in co
looks like she didn't like the conversation much going on or coming at her from boehner. >>> up next, republicans have figured out they can't win presidential elections fair and square, so now they want to change the rules. they want to cheat a little. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. back to "hardball." ♪ >>> welcome back to "hardball." just when you thought the efforts by some republicans to suppress the vote couldn't sink...
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boehner grabbing some silverware and putting it in her purse. >> no! >> hal: i think she spilled on her lap. >> i prefer to think -- >> isn't this sweet in low free? >> hal: if i was at the inaugural luncheon, i would take a glass. >> went on a white house tour and drank the water and i was excited. >> hal: golden child. >> this water's filtered for the president. >> hal: i bet this could kill a vampire. >> news it came directly from the potomac. >> hal: regarding this story the eye rolling story. apparently inside edition purveyor of everything journalistic hired a lip reader to see what john boehner was saying and apparently -- let's see, the lip reader believes that john boehner's asking president obama whether he had a chance to have a cigarette before the luncheon. and then boehner tapped the first lady on the arm before telling the president that somebody won't let you do it. >> oh, god. >> hal: wow. and then -- >> she rolls her eyes. >> that's when she rolled her eyes. understandably so. >> hal: by the way this goes back to bush -- >> short leas
boehner grabbing some silverware and putting it in her purse. >> no! >> hal: i think she spilled on her lap. >> i prefer to think -- >> isn't this sweet in low free? >> hal: if i was at the inaugural luncheon, i would take a glass. >> went on a white house tour and drank the water and i was excited. >> hal: golden child. >> this water's filtered for the president. >> hal: i bet this could kill a vampire. >> news it came directly from...
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looks like she didn't like the conversation much going on or coming at her from boehner. up next, republicans have figured out they can't win presidential elections fair and square so now they want to change the rules. they want to cheat a little. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ aww man. [ male announcer ] returns are easy with free pickup from the u.s. postal service. we'll even drop off boxes if you need them. visit usps.com pay, print, and have it picked up for free. any time of year. ♪ nice sweater. thank you. ♪ let's say you pay your guy around 2% to manage your money. that's not much you think. except it's 2% every year. does that make a difference? search "cost of financial advisors" ouch. over time it really adds up. then go to e-trade and find out how much our advice costs. spoiler alert: it's low. really? yes, really. e-trade offers investment advice and guidance from dedicated, professional financial consultants. it's guidance on your terms, not ours. that's how our system works. e-trade. less for us. more for you. executor of effici
looks like she didn't like the conversation much going on or coming at her from boehner. up next, republicans have figured out they can't win presidential elections fair and square so now they want to change the rules. they want to cheat a little. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ aww man. [ male announcer ] returns are easy with free pickup from the u.s. postal service. we'll even drop off boxes if you need them. visit usps.com pay, print, and have it picked up...
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we'll take you to a briefing with john boehner after the passage of a bill that temporarily suspends the $16.4 trillion debt ceiling through mid-may. it passed in the house of 285-144. briefing is about 15 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> good afternoon everyone. with the passage of this bill today, it's pretty clear that we are sending a message to the democrat-controlled senate, it's time to do your job. the principle is pretty simple. no budget, no pay. american families have to do a budget and they understand you can't continue to spend money that you don't have. we're committed to doing a budget on the house side, a budget that will balance over the next 10 years. it's time for the senate and the president to show the american people how they are willing to balance the budget over the next 10 years. >> today's vote was the first step towards trying to resolve the nation's fiscal crisis in a responsible manner. look forward to working with the white house and the senate to do so. it's inte
we'll take you to a briefing with john boehner after the passage of a bill that temporarily suspends the $16.4 trillion debt ceiling through mid-may. it passed in the house of 285-144. briefing is about 15 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> good afternoon everyone. with the passage of this bill today, it's pretty clear that we are sending a message to the democrat-controlled senate, it's time to do...
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among those, republican speakers, lawmakers who will be there, house speaker john boehner. eun? >>> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. tracie, thank you. if you're driving downtown today, take a look at the screen right now. these roads will be closed or blocked off for much of the day because of the rally. several streets between constitution and independence will be shut down starting at 9:30 this morning. part of 7th and f street will also be closed. the closures could drag into the evening rush. all streets should be open by 6:30 tonight. >>> this morning, d.c. council planning to hear more about a report that police in the district improperly investigated sexual assault cases. news 4 was first to report the human rights watch report claiming that d.c. police routinely mishandled sex a sult salt allegations. the police chief, lanier, said it's unsubstantiated. the justice department set to look at that report. >>> mitt romney will be in town for a fundraiser. katherine reynolds and bill marriott jr. are hosting at the j.w. marriott hotel downtown. romney rejoined the
among those, republican speakers, lawmakers who will be there, house speaker john boehner. eun? >>> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. tracie, thank you. if you're driving downtown today, take a look at the screen right now. these roads will be closed or blocked off for much of the day because of the rally. several streets between constitution and independence will be shut down starting at 9:30 this morning. part of 7th and f street will also be closed. the closures could drag...
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in fact, speaker john boehner has just given him the job of drawing up a new budget that will completely erase the federal deficit in just ten years. and only through spending cuts and no new taxes whatsoever. to do this mr. ryan would have to cut every government operation by one-sixth or if he choose not
in fact, speaker john boehner has just given him the job of drawing up a new budget that will completely erase the federal deficit in just ten years. and only through spending cuts and no new taxes whatsoever. to do this mr. ryan would have to cut every government operation by one-sixth or if he choose not
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host: your comments on speaker boehner, a first one to go to danny joining us on the democratic line. good morning. caller: hello. you put harry reid on the cover. if you look up the words chicken hawk and neocon, there's a picture of bill kristol. the only people who were surprised that president obama won the election were fox news viewers. host: thanks for the call. guest: i was not surprised. i thought romney had a chance, and he was all a little short at the end. if the viewer does not want to watch fox news, he has other options. host: our next caller is from pennsylvania. caller: good morning. the way i perturbed about william kristol was i got mixed up with the comedian billy crystal. guest: it happens all the time. caller: when billy crystal goes on his long rants, he actually says some things that are funny. the one funny thing you said the is you thought we should have sent more troops into iraq. you must be the only one i have ever read say that. guest: we did send more troops in 2007. the surge worked incredibly well and casualties were extremely low by the end of 2008 of
host: your comments on speaker boehner, a first one to go to danny joining us on the democratic line. good morning. caller: hello. you put harry reid on the cover. if you look up the words chicken hawk and neocon, there's a picture of bill kristol. the only people who were surprised that president obama won the election were fox news viewers. host: thanks for the call. guest: i was not surprised. i thought romney had a chance, and he was all a little short at the end. if the viewer does not...
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looks like she didn't like the conversation much going on or coming at her from boehner. >>> up next, republicans have figured out they can't win presidential elections fair and square, so now they want to change the rules. they want to cheat a little. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get used to this. [ male announcer ] yes, you could business pro. yes, you could. go national. go like a pro. to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. now
looks like she didn't like the conversation much going on or coming at her from boehner. >>> up next, republicans have figured out they can't win presidential elections fair and square, so now they want to change the rules. they want to cheat a little. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets...
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john boehner and republicans decided they want to have an argument over the debt ceiling, because of the new year we will be better positioned. they quickly have realized that is not going to be the lever they thought it would be. host: you have covered three presidents, clinton, bush, and now president obama. people say the political divide between these branches is stronger now than it has been in years. you agree or disagree? guest: i absolutely agree. host: why/ guest: i think it is a building that has been taking place frankly since the past couple administrations. it was the war in iraq. for the republicans, the government spending. it is also the election system and the way we run our primaries. we have a more ideological- purified house of representatives than we have had in a very long time. that is because some people would argue redistricting, as well, which in the past election both parties to it. in the states where democrats are not in control they redraw the districts to make the majority democrats. the republican side as well. this is the first time republicans have c
john boehner and republicans decided they want to have an argument over the debt ceiling, because of the new year we will be better positioned. they quickly have realized that is not going to be the lever they thought it would be. host: you have covered three presidents, clinton, bush, and now president obama. people say the political divide between these branches is stronger now than it has been in years. you agree or disagree? guest: i absolutely agree. host: why/ guest: i think it is a...
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speaker boehner has spoken about a grand plan. how are those two guys doing? have you talked to them about those two things? just go there flabbergasted right now with the offer from the administration. when you get beat in an election coming you say he was $800. and then you have it thrown politically. it may work politically. it's past time for politics in our country. we're really in trouble. do we have problems they can solve? is every problem in front of a solvable? it's not solvable if our whole goal is to play politics rather than solve problems. so when you have the speaker put out a kind of sick leave and say here's 800 billion. that figure the rest of his death. fumigate $24 trillion? then play hardball we've seen i don't think it's great for our country. they were politically in hard drive a little more, but real leadership is pulling people together, not dropping him apart. i think we are seeing way too much training people apart. >> host: senator tom coburn will be with us for another hour and 10 minutes on our booktv "in depth" program. "the debt
speaker boehner has spoken about a grand plan. how are those two guys doing? have you talked to them about those two things? just go there flabbergasted right now with the offer from the administration. when you get beat in an election coming you say he was $800. and then you have it thrown politically. it may work politically. it's past time for politics in our country. we're really in trouble. do we have problems they can solve? is every problem in front of a solvable? it's not solvable if...
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he's very close friends with house speaker john boehner for example. i think you're going to see as the republican party changes some of these old guard republicans leaving the senate for obvious reasons, it's no fun to be in the minority. you don't get anything done. and looking at another couple of years of that is not very appealing. and it's part of what the republicans are doing is trying to figure out who are they going to be as a party. and as these elder statesmen leave, it creates the ability for guys like marco rubio and newer players on the scene like ted cruz from texas, for instance, to help shape that party. >> all right. andy sullivan, chris press, gentlemen, thank you both. >>> just ahead she's a woman at the center of the firestorm over torture scenes in that new movie ""zero dark thirty."" now the director kathryn big low is talking about what she had in mind while shooting those controversial scenes. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made? [ club scene music ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose tast
he's very close friends with house speaker john boehner for example. i think you're going to see as the republican party changes some of these old guard republicans leaving the senate for obvious reasons, it's no fun to be in the minority. you don't get anything done. and looking at another couple of years of that is not very appealing. and it's part of what the republicans are doing is trying to figure out who are they going to be as a party. and as these elder statesmen leave, it creates the...
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and house speaker john boehner speaking before a republican group, said the president wants to annihilate us and sweep us into the dust bin of history. and interesting ruling by the court of appeals in the d.c. circuit on friday, which said the president violated the constitution by making recess appointments that the court said were invalid to the national labor relations board. we'll talk about all of that with two senate leaders, dick durbin and one of the top republicans in the senate. >> chris, i found it interesting, i don't know what's going to happen with the republican party. we had the winter meetings with the gop and bobby jindal saying the republicans have to stop being the party of stupid. >> that's right. that is what he said. obviously one of the things they point to were a couple of candidates for the senate republicans who talked about rape as legitimate rape. i think the party hasn't dealt with the central issue, and that is while its conservative principles, they still believe and they may be right, it's fundamentally a center right country, i think they get defined by
and house speaker john boehner speaking before a republican group, said the president wants to annihilate us and sweep us into the dust bin of history. and interesting ruling by the court of appeals in the d.c. circuit on friday, which said the president violated the constitution by making recess appointments that the court said were invalid to the national labor relations board. we'll talk about all of that with two senate leaders, dick durbin and one of the top republicans in the senate....
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boehner says, you know, it's like herding cats, i can't do that. mcconnell says do you think i can get olympia snowe? so republicans are different from that respect. i believe the republican party should allow each candidate to say what he wants to say. but what is somewhat distressing, we are moving in our country to maybe a state religion which says anybody who believes homosexuality is biblically untrue is some kind of a pariah, and so we're forcing a religious belief on the catholics and on the muslims and all these religious groups who happen to believe that homosexuality's inappropriate. whatever each of you believe, you should be able to believe what you want to believe. but i don't think the government should force or a religion onto a nation of people where we've so held, clinged to our idea of religious freedom. someone has told me, and this is a high-level person who all of you know, he heads up one of the think tanks, that george soros has funded an organization which is now going into churches to tape sermons for the fact that going fo
boehner says, you know, it's like herding cats, i can't do that. mcconnell says do you think i can get olympia snowe? so republicans are different from that respect. i believe the republican party should allow each candidate to say what he wants to say. but what is somewhat distressing, we are moving in our country to maybe a state religion which says anybody who believes homosexuality is biblically untrue is some kind of a pariah, and so we're forcing a religious belief on the catholics and on...
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i can tell you, john, i have spoken to speaker boehner about this. every time i see speaker boehner i talk to him about immigration to the point i don't have to open my mouth anymore before he says to me, relax, we're going to do something on this. i know also that representative raul abrador, very popular with the tea party who is on the judiciary committee, is working on a set of principles, so, yes, there is commitment. there is effort that is going to be made. and it is the right time. and, you know, last time immigration reform failed because of timing, because it was brought up after social security had failed. that's why we cannot wait for something else to fail to bring it up this time. you do have to strike while the iron is hot. yes, we have heard these words before. but i can tell you having been at the republican house retreat, it is a different climate today, than it was the last time this was done. >> and, so, dan, you listened to the senators saying no one is going to get everything they want. i want to put that question to your organi
i can tell you, john, i have spoken to speaker boehner about this. every time i see speaker boehner i talk to him about immigration to the point i don't have to open my mouth anymore before he says to me, relax, we're going to do something on this. i know also that representative raul abrador, very popular with the tea party who is on the judiciary committee, is working on a set of principles, so, yes, there is commitment. there is effort that is going to be made. and it is the right time. and,...
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i think she was eye rolling with boehner. not at him. they laugh and party on our dime. fire them all. again, the hash tag is inaug2013. we wait for president obama at the convention center. on our democrats line, it is sue. sue, are you there? caller: yes, hello. i would like to say not only was i proud to be a democrat today. i was proud to be an american. and as for him talking about equality for gays and lesbians, i am proud to come out and say i'm a lesbian and i'm proud of it. i just am proud to be an american today. thank you. host: the human rights campaign, the organization having their own inaugural ball in washington this evening. logan, utah, roberta is on our republican line. caller: yes. hello. hi. thank you so much for this opportunity. i consider it a real honor and a real blessing actually. i did not vote for obama, however, in watching him today and his interaction with his family and particularly when they went to the viewing box to strew parade, i had -- view the parade, i had such a feeling of warmth just watching the interaction with those children.
i think she was eye rolling with boehner. not at him. they laugh and party on our dime. fire them all. again, the hash tag is inaug2013. we wait for president obama at the convention center. on our democrats line, it is sue. sue, are you there? caller: yes, hello. i would like to say not only was i proud to be a democrat today. i was proud to be an american. and as for him talking about equality for gays and lesbians, i am proud to come out and say i'm a lesbian and i'm proud of it. i just am...